Mexican Mole Poblano Sauce

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Mexican Mole Poblano Sauce

About this Recipe

Cooking Time

20

Prep Time

15

Cuisine

  • Mexican

Serves

12

cooking style

Stove Top

PROTEIN / DIET

Mole poblano pronounced” mool ee” is an often overlooked famous Mexican dish as traditionally it took a long to make and was generally only made for special occasions.

“If there is one dish that could be considered Mexican haute cuisine, then Mole Poblano is surely it. Legend has it that the voluptuous sauce — a blend of chillies, spices, and chocolate — was created by the European Catholic nuns of Puebla to honour a visiting bishop.”

So what is mole sauce- it really is not hard to make and makes a wonderful alternative to taco/fajita or burrito sauces that so often form our staple Mexican food in Australia.

Mole has many versions, this recipe is for the poblano is known as red mole sauce is a rich combination of chillies such as ancho, pasilla, mulato or chipotle chillies. These chillies are paired with chocolate, tomatoes, nuts and raisins all roasted and pureed to make a delicious sauce which can be used to flavour, chicken or vegetables, and is the perfect sauce for, tortillas and Enchiladas.

There are lots of delicious ingredients in this recipe but the process is very straight forward and once you have made up a large batch keep extra it in a container in the fridge or freezer.

Ingredients

  • 250ml vegetable stock
  • 1/3 cup currants
  • 1/3 cup peanuts crushed
  • 1 tbspn pepitas
  • 1/2 tbspn rich cocoa powder or mexican cooking chocolate
  • 1 tbspn cane sugar or raw sugar (less if desired)
  • 1/4 cup sesame seeds toasted
  • 1 pkt The Spice People mole poblano spice blend
  • 1 small green banana or plantain thinly sliced
  • 1/3 cup almonds slivered or flakes
  • 1tbspn tomato paste
  • 2 small ripe tomatoes chopped
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 2 slices stale bread cut into 1cm pieces
  • olive oil
  • 500ml vegetable stock
  • 2/3 cup currants
  • 2/3 cup peanuts crushed
  • 2 tbspn pepitas
  • 1 tbspn rich cocoa powder or mexican cooking chocolate
  • 2 tbspn cane sugar or raw sugar (less if desired)
  • 1/2 cup sesame seeds toasted
  • 2 pkt The Spice People mole poblano spice blend
  • 2 small green banana or plantain thinly sliced
  • 2/3 cup almonds slivered or flakes
  • 2 tbspn tomato paste
  • 4 small ripe tomatoes chopped
  • 2 clove garlic crushed
  • 2 small onion diced
  • 4 slices stale bread cut into 1cm pieces
  • olive oil

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Method

  1. Place a heavy-based pot on medium heat with a drizzle of olive oil and when hot, add your beef mince in with a pinch of salt without disturbing it. Its juices will start to leech out and then evaporate so don’t move the mince until after this process has happened – about 4 mins – this will ensure you get some nice browning and crisping for mega flavour. When nice and browned, remove from the pot and set aside.
  2. Return the pot to the heat and add in your onions, carrot and capsicum with a pinch of salt and sauté until soft and translucent – about 3-4 mins. Use this opportunity to scrape off all the juices and flavour from the beef. Add your garlic and Tex Mex seasoning and sauté until fragrant – about 1 min. Add your tomato paste in and cook off for a further minute.
  3. Return your beef to the pot along with the tinned tomatoes, 1/2 tomato can of water, and your stock cube, and bring to a boil. Reduce to low heat, cover with a lid, and leave on the simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with your choice of side – pasta, rice, potatoes – and enjoy!

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